Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. — Geraldine “Geri” Sikkila, 90, of Bruce Crossing, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, at Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, with her family by her side. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wes; her parents, Carl and Cecelia Conrad; and her brothers, Terry (Bunny) Conrad and Donald Conrad. Geri is survived by a son, Kim (Jean) Sikkila; a daughter, Mary (Tom) Cousineau; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. They all loved their Nanny dearly. Geri...
EWEN, Mich. — Alice Ann Johnson, 82, of Ewen, passed away Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. She was an excellent and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt. Alice was born on July 16, 1941, in Stannard Township, a daughter of Reino M. and Margaret G. (Sorola) Tulppo. She attended Ewen-Trout Creek High School and graduated with the class of 1959. Alice worked as a secretary for the Ewen-Trout Creek School District for 29 years. On March 16, 1962, Alice married Eugene W. Johnson in Ewen. Together they raised three c...
RACINE, Wis. - Georgia M. Ayotte, 94, formerly of Ewen, Michigan, passed away at the Ridgewood Care Center in Racine, on Monday, July 31, 2023, after a full life, well lived. Georgia was born in Ashland, on Feb. 22, 1929, the daughter of the late Arnold and Margaret (nee Vamosh) Langren. On May 25, 1946, in Bessemer, Michigan, Georgia was united in marriage to Benjamin Wellington Ayotte. Ben preceded her in death on Feb. 1, 2018. Georgia was a longtime member of the United Methodist Church in...
RAMSAY, Mich. - Kenneth Howard Ahola, 83, of Ramsay, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 23, 2023, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, Wisconsin, with his loving wife, Betty, by his side. Kenneth was born on March 16, 1940, in Bruce Crossing, a son of John Howard and Lina Gladys (Koistinen) Ahola. He attended Ewen High School and graduated in 1958. Kenneth proudly served his country for three years in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. He was honorably discharged as a specialist...
TROUT CREEK, Mich. — Phyllis Gustafson, 88, of Trout Creek, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2023, at Bayside Village Nursing Home in L’Anse. Phyllis was born in Trout Creek, on June 15, 1935, to Edward and Grace (Cronkright) Tibbits. She married her high school sweetheart, Ralph Gustafson, on Oct. 10, 1954, and they made their home in North Agate, where they raised their four children. Phyllis worked for the Ewen-Trout Creek School District as a teacher’s aide and retired after 29 years of dedicated service. Phyllis was a member of the Trini...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] BESSEMER — Bessemer hosted their 34th annual Hometown Run on Saturday, with more than 250 participants gathering at Bessemer City Hall early in the morning to start the day off with a run, or perhaps a brisk stoll. This year’s race had 256 racers sign up, including 25 people who walked the 2 mile or 10K with strollers, according to Lori Bennetts, one of the organizers of the event. It takes quite a few hands on deck to handle the annual event, and Bennetts was extremely grateful for all the work the vol...
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Rev. Francis Gerard Dobrzenski, age 73, died on Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023, at the Trillium House in Marquette, after a courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was born Jan. 16, 1950, in Stambaugh, to William John and Celia (Brozak) Dobrzenski. He attended St. Agnes Catholic Grade School in Iron River, and after discerning a call to the priesthood attended St. Lawrence Seminary in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin, for high school. In 1969, He attended Sacred Heart Seminary i...
EWEN, Mich. - Dale E. Sain, 91 of Ewen, passed away Dec. 8, 2022, in Wausau, Wisconsin, surrounded by family. Dale was born June 11, 1931, to the late Richard and Arla Sain in Ewen. He was a lifelong resident of Ewen and graduated from Ewen High School. In 1949, he married the former Lorraine Syria. He served in the U.S. Navy Seabees during the Vietnam Era. Dale worked for the Ontonagon County Road Commission and White Pine Copper Mine until his retirement. In retirement, he enjoyed going to...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, May 25 Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Mercer Health and Wellness, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m.,...
ISHPEMING, Mich. — Margaret Marie Fleming passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023. Born Margaret Marie Tulppo on Oct. 7, 1939, she was better known as “Sis.” Sis graduated from Ewen High School in 1957. She married Robert Floyd Fleming on June 14, 1958. They raised two daughters, Julie and Janice. They moved downstate for work in 1968, but rejoined family and friends in Bruce’s in 1973. They enjoyed traveling with their 5th-wheel camper and visited most of the lower 48 states and Alaska. In the early 1990s, they bought George’s Bar and moved...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] After melting snow and a recent blizzard created multiple floods throughout the region, emergency declarations issued by the state have grown in the past week from three to eight counties in the western U.P. That’s the word from Heidi DeRosso, Gogebic County 911/emergency coordinator, who is working with a state emergency coordinator and other regional officials. The counties include Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, Baraga, Alger, Dickinson, Iron and Marquette. Lt. Jeffery Yonker, first district c...
ONTONAGON, Mich. - George Nygard, 83, of Ontonagon passed away surrounded by his children on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau, Wisconsin. He was born March 5, 1940, in Ontonagon to the late Walter and Bessie (Bally) Nygard. Upon graduation from Ontonagon High School, George enlisted with the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Texas and then Spain, where he worked in communications. After his service in the Air Force, George attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh....
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Daniel "Yayou" Lyle Lannet, 63, of Bruce Crossing, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 3, 2023. He was born on Aug. 22, 1959, to Jorma and Irene Lannet in Wakefield. He was raised on the family dairy farm with his eight siblings. Daniel graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School in 1977. He excelled in auto mechanics during his vocational training at the Ontonagon High School. In November 1994, Daniel married Shannon Berger. Together they had two children, Logan...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood welcomed Father Brian Gerber on Jan. 2. “It is a beautiful church,” said Gerber during an interview Tuesday. Gerber said his earliest recollections of wanting to be a priest was when he was 6 years old. He remembers a project in which he wrote about what he wanted to be when he grew up. “The first time I really considered it was when I was in high school,” he said. Gerber has served as a priest for 15 years in several different parishes. “Before t...
EWEN, Mich. - Jackie Weber, of Ewen, Michigan, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Jan. 19, 2023, at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. Jackie was born in Wakefield, to John and Irene Berglund on March 23, 1941. She went to school in Bergland and graduated high school in 1959. Jackie married Clint Weber on Feb. 10, 1962, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ewen. She was a homemaker, raising four children on the family farm in Ewen. She loved cooking and baking and hosted...
CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich. — Lillian Jean Yablonski, 86, peacefully passed away on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls. Lillian was born in Vulcan, on May 3, 1936. The daughter of the late Herman and Vivian (Trudell) Hupp. She was married in October 1954 to Alois Yablonski, who preceded her in death in 2001. Lillian was 8 years old when the Hupp family moved to Watersmeet. Being the youngest child, her siblings always joked, “We took care of you as a youngin’, now you have to take care of us.” So when...
WAUSAU, Wis. — Dale E. Sain, 91, of Ewen, Michigan, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. Funeral services and burial will take place this spring. A full obituary will run at a later date. Cane Funeral Home-Bruce Crossing Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements....
FOLEY, Ala. — Julie FlemingSmith passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Foley, on Sept. 23, 2022. She was born on Dec. 7, 1958. She was a 1977 graduate of Ewen-Trout Creek High School. She played first clarinet in the band and lettered in track four years. She held the high jump record for many years and was voted best musician in her class. Julie met and married the love of her life, Jimmy Smith, in Colorado. Jimmy passed away in 2007 and Julie moved to Foley, where her parents spent the winter, to be closer to family. She was a l...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 1 Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Mercer Health and Wellness, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Wat...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] Only three of seven area boards of education had contested races in Tuesday’s election in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. Among contested races in Gogebic County, the winners for the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education were incumbents Caroline Delich and Brenda Agee and newcomers Aaron Ruotsala and Ashley Weber-Jarvenpaa. Incumbents Tara Graham, Dick Matrella and Beth Steiger also retained their seats on the Bessemer Area Board of Education. In Ontonagon County, Cindy Ellsworth, Shawn Brown, Maggi B...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Voters across the country will head to the polls Tuesday for the midterm election, and the balance of power in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives hangs in the balance, but down the ballot are important races for state and local positions, as well. Polls are open in Michigan and Wisconsin on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Michigan U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, faces a challenge from Democrat Bob Lorinser of Marquette, for Michigan’s First Congressional District seat. Also on t...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Roy E. Nurmi passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sept. 1, 2022, he was 74. He was born on the family farm in Bruce Crossing on June 8, 1948, to Emil and Mayme Nurmi, the third of five children. He attended Ewen School and joined the U.S. Army in 1968, where he was stationed in Germany. While in the Army, he was an armored vehicle mechanic and was honorably discharged in 1971. He made his way back to Michigan and was employed by White Pine Copper. He then worked for...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] EWEN - Last Saturday, which was the main day of the 45th annual Log Jamboree, drew a lively and consistent crowd throughout hours of activities that included lumber and quilt shows, vendors and games, and plenty of food. It was a day for denim, flannel, boots and braids, with flannel shirts in all sizes - sometimes worn to great effect by entire families. There also were flannel dresses, hats and jackets, with some girls tying a shirt around their waists...
WATERSMEET, Mich. - Gloria "Jean" Brownell, 94, of Watersmeet, passed away on Sept. 7, 2022, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls. Jean was born Jan. 4, 1928, in the Rogers area of Iron River to the late Cecilia (Fraser) and Joseph Blatnik. After graduating Iron River High School in 1946, she moved to Chicago to work. In 1951, Jean married Ralph "Pat" Brownell and they made their home in Watersmeet. They were married 59 years before Pat's death in 2010. She enjoyed...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 3 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, Sept. 4 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
